Chapter 174: Pixar Animation Studios

After chatting with John in the cafeteria, there was nothing to do, so I found a café to sit and write books, and a few bodyguards stayed up all afternoon, playing poker to kill time.

The café owner tried to tell them several times that they couldn't play here, and every time they came to the front of him, the words became: "Do you still need to refill the glass......

Several bodyguards had never met such an enthusiastic boss, so they put a $20 as a tip before leaving, patted him on the shoulder and promised to come back next time.

In the evening, I returned to the six-story old house on the Upper West Side, the security guard looked into the car window, smiled and opened the door to let them in, no one has lived here recently, but there are two housekeepers to help take care of the sanitation all year round, and the house is very clean.

There were no ready-made ingredients at home, so the female housekeeper hurriedly ran out to buy them, and after asking Han Xuan, she helped make a Polish dish and served them dinner, which tasted very good, but the amount was too small, and you could hear Owen shouting chicken legs when she slept at night......

The next morning, it was just dawning.

Under the plane tree on the side of the road, there are more vehicles, magpies are standing on the branches chirping, red buses pass through the road, there are only a few passengers inside, dozing off will be contagious, and the whole car covers their mouths one by one.

Even though he couldn't hear the summer cicada's call, Han Xuan still woke up on time, complained and muttered, and didn't find the alarm clock in the scanning circle.

Unplugged the mobile phone with his hand on the bed, and after pressing a number button casually, the light turned on, squinting his eyes and finding that there was a message on the screen, dialing out the number and transferring to the manual service, and said in a daze: "Good morning, who left me a message?"

"I'm sorry, I'll check it for you, the number was called to you at 9:35 last night, so you woke up and called him back. ”

The voice on the phone was sweet, and after a while she didn't hear anyone speak, she then asked, "Is there anything else you need?"

Still no one answered.

Well, Han Xuan fell asleep again.

Until daylight. The sun shone in through the window, and when I looked closely at the boy on the bed on the second floor, the keyboard marks on his face were exceptionally clear.

The knock on the door echoed in the room, and he looked up in shock, wiped his saliva and asked, "Who's there?"

"It's me, it's almost nine o'clock. It's almost time to get out of bed. Owen said in a rough voice outside, "Sanchez is going to eat your breakfast, and then ...... What's wrong with your face?

Han Xuan held the wooden door with his hand, touched his face when he heard the words, and said with disdain: "What's so funny about this, don't you wear your slippers backwards......"

When I brushed my teeth, I remembered who I seemed to have called in the morning, raised my legs and walked to the bedroom, picked up the phone next to the pillow, rummaged through the communication records, and whispered: "Ah~"

"Grandpa, did you call me yesterday?" asked Han Xuan and the others after connecting.

"Yes. You're in New York. ”

Han Xuan spit out white foam and said, "What's wrong with grandpa's house?"

"Well, there's something for me, didn't you tell me that there's a movie called 'This Killer Is Not Too Cold', and I contacted its producer.

It seems that the North American distribution rights have not been sold yet, but the man will be back to France in the afternoon, and I will not have time to rush there. I'm going to ask a friend to help you get in touch, you're just right there. Secretary Han, I'll tell you the phone later. ”

"You said that you gave me a position, and you were given a secretary for half a day?"

Han Xuan couldn't cry or laugh when he heard his grandfather's words, rinsed and wiped his mouth, and continued: "What I wrote on paper, have you got the distribution rights? Don't tell me that I haven't taken down a single one." ”

"How could it be. I asked the people in the company to see the Pulp Fiction demo, and they thought it was quite unique, a lot better than what Quentin Tarantino usually is.

The film was shot at his own expense, and I have already negotiated with him about the distribution, and I just need to sign a contract. I'll call him again later, probably waiting for a higher offer.

There is also the "Dumb and Dumb", which is already from Dimen Pictures, and AMC Cinemas has scheduled the release date in early October, and it will be seen in a while.

Four weeks after its release, "Camp Madness" grossed more than $34 million after expanding its screenings, and now that the holidays are coming to an end, more than 200 screens are being screened, and it is estimated that it will eventually exceed $35 million. ”

Guo Muzhou babbled a lot of words, his tone was very excited, he used to ignore Dimen Film Company, because he couldn't see the money back, so he was not motivated, but now the situation is different.

In the United States, distributors can basically get about 55% of the box office, and the investment in "Crazy Summer Camp" is only more than 3 million, excluding the funds that need to be invested in copying, transportation, advertising and publicity, about 15 million will fall into his pocket, and as for taxes, that is something that needs to be considered in April.

Dimen Pictures has the right to distribute, and there is no need to hand it over to other companies for distribution, like "Dumb and Agua", which is invested by individuals, and then asked Dimen Pictures to be distributed, you need to pay 30% of the total profit as a distribution fee, Guo Muzhou suddenly felt that it was a wise decision to buy Dimen Pictures.

Han Xuanke didn't know that the foreign justice was self-absorbed, and asked with a smile, "I met Mr. Jobs yesterday?"

“…… I knew you were going to ask. ”

The boy's grandfather's tone changed: "I called last night to tell you this, Jobs has the idea of selling Pixar Cartoon Studios, and his NeXT software company has recently had some problems with the capital chain, and the products launched are not selling well." ”

"Really!?"

"Wait, don't be happy, listen to me. Guo Muzhou interrupted.

"I watched their "Toy Story", it was really interesting, this cartoon was completed last year, and the dialogue recording began in March today, and the finishing work is basically done, and now we are waiting for the release.

Jobs talked to me yesterday about Pixar, and I listened to him and said that he would sell it for at least $130 million. ”

"130 million? Isn't it a little higher?" Han Xuan thought that Jobs would open his mouth widely, but he didn't expect it to be so big, and the current Pixar is not the future.

"Toy Story" invested more than $30 million in advance, and the rest was the cost of buying Pixar Animation Studios, and Jobs did not agree to buy a part of the shares, but only wanted to sell them in its entirety, and it seems that he has no bottom on this line.

It would be nice if it could be lowered a little more, he seems to know me, and he won't let go of this price, and it was useless for me to talk to him for more than an hour. ”

"Well, do you want to buy it?" Han Xuan said in surprise, his grandfather still refused to do it before.

"Sort of, I think its cartoons are different from Disney's, the computer special effects are very realistic, even I like to watch them, and those kids can't go crazy. ”

Guo Muzhou continued: "It seems that Jobs has not yet found the distributor of "Toy Story", and if the price cannot be negotiated, he must take down this cartoon. (To be continued.) )